Means for guarding wire fences



Dec. 28 1926.

O. A. BRANDEN v MEANS FOR GUA RDING WIRE FENCES Filed Jan. 25, 1926Inventor a fifiranr/evz,

Patented Dec. 28, 1926.

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OTTO A. BRANDEN, OF EMERALD, W'ISCONSIN.

MEANS FOR GUABDING WIRE FENCES.

Application filed January 25, 1926. Serial No. 83,663.

My present invention has to do with fences and more particularly wovenwire fences; and it contemplates the provision of simple, easily appliedand efficient means for preventing stock from closely approaching andbreaking or destroying woven wire and other wire fences.

To the attainment of the foregoing, the invention consists in theimprovement as hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification Figure1 is a top plan view illustrating my novel guard means as properlyarranged relative to a line of fence.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary view in elevation, taken at right angles toFigure 1 and showing the guard means constituting the preferredembodiment of my invention.

Figure 3 is a detail perspective of one of the bracket arms comprised inmy improvement. 7

Figure 1 is a fragmentary top plan view illustrative of a modificationhereinafter explicitly referred to.

Similar numerals designate corresponding parts in Figures 1 to 3 towhich reference will first be made.

I show in Figures 1 and 2 a woven wire or other wire fence 1, includingat intervals in its length upright posts 2 of T-form in horizontalsection with notches 3 throughout the height of the head or flat portionand to which the wire fencing is attached in conventional manner. In thearrangement illustrated the wire fencing is arranged against the head ofthe T-portion of each post, and the stem of each post is arranged at theopposite side of the head, with respect to the fencing 1. The flat sideor head of the post is also provided at 3* with an apertured lug.

In furtherance of my invention bracket arms 4:, preferably of T-form invertical section, are pivotally or hingedly connected at 5 to the stemportion of the post 2. The said bracket arms at are arranged with theirhead portions i above their stem or web portions 4 and each is providedwith a pendent heelportion 6, adapted to bear, as shown in Figure 2,against the head portion of its respective post 2, so as to hold thebracket arm against downward movement beyond the horizontal positionillustrated in Figure 2. The pendent heel portion 6 alluded to restsclosely adjacent to one side of the stem of the post and is adapted tobear solidly against the adjacent portion of the post head, for thepurpose indicated. When deemed expedient each bracket arm 4 may bebifurcated at its heel end to afford two spaced pendent portions 6,Figure 4, adapted to receive between them the stem of the post and tobear solidly against the head of the post at opposite sides of the saidstein. In either case it will be manifest that the bracket arm or armsmaybe swung upward ly from the positions illustrated on the posts 2. butcannot be swung or moved down wardly beyond said position.

The head portions of the bracket arms which are above the stem portionsthereof, as shown, are each provided with a pair of apertures located atpoints adjacent to the free ends of the arms. The said apertures are toreceive the legs of staples 7, which legs are appropriately secured tothe arms as designated by S in Figure 2. The apertures alluded to areclearly shown in Figure 3 and are designated by 9.

Extending through the staples 7 of the several bracket arms inconnection with the fence posts is a wire 10 designed to prevent stockfrom approaching close to and injuring the fence 1. Manifestly withinthe purview of my invention, the said wire 10 may be a barbed wire ormay be altogether free of barbs or other projections in the discretionof the manufacturer and the user of my improvement.

It will be manifest from the foregoing that my improvement while simpleand inexpensive in construction and susceptible of ready installation,may be depended upon to serve the purpose ascribed to it-i. e., toprevent cattle from approaching closely to and rubbing against orpressing against or otherwise injuring the woven wire or other fenceproper.

The lug 3 is for the attachment of an arm similar to the arm 4 at thelug side of the fence'l when stock is to be pastured at both sides ofthe fence 1 and it'is desired to protect the fence 1 by guard wires 10spaced from the fence 1 at opposite sides thereof.

The construction herein disclosed is the best practical construction ofwhich I am aware and I therefore prefer the same. I do not desire,however, to be understood as confining myself to immaterial features ofconstruction and relative arrangement, my invention being defined by myappended claims within the scope or" which changes in structure andchanges in arrangement may be made without departure from my invention.

Hav ng described my invention, what I ciaim and desire to secure byLetters-Patent, is:

1. The combination of a fence having a wire portion and posts of T-tormin horizontal section arranged with their stems at the opposite sides oftheir heads, with refer ence to said wire portion, and guard meansincluding a guard wire maintained in spaced relation to the wire portionof the fence, and bracket arms supporting and carrying said guard wire,said bracket arms having major portions of T-form in Vertical sectionand also having their stems extended beyond their heads at the heel endsof the and provided at said ends with portions pivotaily connected tothe stems of the fence posts and with other pendent portions arrangedalongside the stems of the fence posts and adapted to bear soiidiiyagainst the inner sides of the heads of the fence posts.

2. The combination of a fence having a wire portion and posts of T-t'ormin horizontai section arranged with their stems at the opposite sides oftheir heads, with reference to said wire portion, and guard meansincluding a guard wire maintained in spaced reiation to the wire portionof the fence, and bracket arms supporting and carrying said guard wire,said bracket arms having major oortions oi? T-form in vertical sectionand also having their stems extended beyond their heads a the heel endsof the arms and pivotaiiy connected to the stems of the fence posts andalso having pendent portions arranged aiongside the stems of the fenceposts and adapted to bear solidiiy against the inner siees of the headsof the fence posts.

in testimony whereof I aiiix my signature,

oTTo A. BRANDEN.

